144 CORRESPONDANCE DU COMTE DE LEYCESTER. 
ves of befor nor of lait superexpendit more than ye somme 
I crave, for I have directit al my foot capitaynes and of neces- 
sitie I must use sume liberalitie towardis the cavallerie, for 
that thay be all gentlemen. I intend to send vith them the 
Laird of Veimis. And wither I get ye 1000 pound or not, your 
service shall not ly behind so long as I can purchess moyens. 
This capitayne is one, whom I vilbe ansverable for. It is treu, 
he ves vith Boyd at the randering of Bruges !), bot everie 
particular men ves not to be blamit for that deid, bot that he 
committis nov, being under my chairge, let it ly one my head. 
Exame quyetly the man and ye vil find no fault vith him. I 
have nily ... 2) tvo other souldiours, capitaynes and brave men 
one the feildis as any of our natioun, who ver nily..... >) at that 
tym vith Boyd and since hes remainit a good tym vith ye Prince 
of Parma, bot thay being my avin kindsmen and servandis, I 
can not bot put them in service vith leive of Your Excellencie, 
I being comptable for them and thair actiouns. The king is 
vithin a day or tvo to send you a letter and by Colonell Hather- 
stone *) to mak ansver to the offre by him, it pleasit Your 
Excellencie send to His Majestie; he is not veil content of this 
conspiracie bot glaid of the decoverie of it, yit vil not consent, 
that his mother be tvitchit in life, bot befor God sche must be 
one vay or other dispetchit 5) or yit sche shall vork mischeif, 
for sche can not be ydle in this vourld. Till ye nixt occasion I 
leave Your Excellencie in Godis protection, vhom I pray to ficht 
for you. At Dumfermling °), this 8 of Sept. 1586. 
Your Excellencie ever to be commandit 
vith service, 
MASTER OF GRAY. 
i) Boyp or Boor était un des principaux capitaines, à qui on imputait la perte 
de Bruges (Bor, II, p. 739, L. XXI, fol. 39); après il avait été au service d’Espagne. 
2) Mot illisible. 
3) Le même mot illisible. 
4) Nommé aussi HrererstoN ou HaGGErsrON (Leycester Correspondence, p. 322, 
343, .347). 
5) Depuis sa prétendue conversion il était l'ennemi implacable de la Reine 
d’Ecosse. Il fit usage de son ambassade à la Reine EriSABETH, au nom de son 
souverain pour adoucir le sort de sa mère, pour conseiller sa mort. 
6) En 1584 il avait reçu la commanderie du monastère de ce nom. 
